Re: Smoke gets in my eyes

Forgot about that...only thought that we couldn't get a project like that
through unless we have to start up some CCC-type programs to put people to
work.  Seems as though every week we have a notice about layoffs from one
of our companies.


> [Original Message]
> From: james singer <islandjim1@comcast.net>
> To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
> Date: 6/30/2008 5:41:10 PM
> Subject: Re: [CHAT] Smoke gets in my eyes
>
> Pam, remember that we used Chinese labor to build most of the levees  
> throughout the west. Maybe we can use Chinese labor to build water  
> pipelines.
>
> On Jun 30, 2008, at 2:10 PM, Pam Evans wrote:
>
> > Never thought of hosing down the roof - good tip Donna.  I always do  
> > the
> > yard and all the vines on the fences. Now that we have a REAL police  
> > chief
> > we can call the police.  Before we had a bunch of lazy incompetent fat
> > freeloading losers who didn't want to do spit.
> >
> > That sounds like an interesting idea Bonnie (China) but of course we  
> > need to
> > remember they have an enormous supply of what's pretty close to  
> > slave labor
> > by our pay and working standards.  Never be able to afford to do it  
> > here.
> > More's the pity.
> >
> >
> > On 6/30/08, holmesbm@usit.net <holmesbm@usit.net> wrote:
> >>
> >> The Chinese are creating pipes as long as our interstates to move  
> >> water
> >> from areas that flood to areas that have droughts, a huge project.   
> >> Might
> >> beat levies.
> >>
> >>
> >>> [Original Message]
> >>> From: Pam Evans <gardenqueen@gmail.com>
> >>> To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
> >>> Date: 6/26/2008 6:20:21 PM
> >>> Subject: Re: [CHAT] Smoke gets in my eyes
> >>>
> >>> Crazy isn't it?   I know when we were going through that 2 1/2  
> >>> drought
> >> and
> >>> looking at pictures of NOLA under water I kept thinking pipe it up  
> >>> here!
> >>> They don't want it and we need it so badly.  Too bad there's no  
> >>> way to
> >> even
> >>> it out.
> >>>
> >>> On 6/26/08, Johnson, Cyndi D Civ USAF AFMC 95 CG/SCSRT <
> >>> cyndi.johnson@edwards.af.mil> wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>> It's so frustrating - they're under water in the Midwest, and we're
> >>>> desperate for some rain here.
> >>>>
> >>>> Cyndi
> >>>>
> >>>> -----Original Message-----
> >>>> From: owner-gardenchat@hort.net [mailto:owner- 
> >>>> gardenchat@hort.net] On
> >>>> Behalf Of David Franzman
> >>>> Sent: Thursday, June 26, 2008 12:51 PM
> >>>> To: gardenchat@hort.net
> >>>> Subject: Re: [CHAT] Smoke gets in my eyes
> >>>>
> >>>> Hi Cyndi
> >>>> Its so smokey here that I can taste it.  The nearest major fire  
> >>>> from
> >>>> me is 40 miles away as the crow flies but its like winter here as  
> >>>> well.
> >>>> No
> >>>> sun for the last 3 or 4 days...only nuclear night.  Very  
> >>>> strange.  At
> >>>> one
> >>>> point there were almost 1,000 fires in California.  So many that  
> >>>> fires
> >>>> that
> >>>> hundreds are going without anybody trying to put them out.  AND ITS
> >> ONLY
> >>>> JUNE.  Just wait until September after six months of no rain.
> >>>> David
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> -----
> >>>> Original Message ----
> >>>> From: "Johnson, Cyndi D Civ USAF AFMC 95 CG/SCSRT"
> >>>> <cyndi.johnson@edwards.af.mil>
> >>>> To: gardenchat@hort.net
> >>>> Sent: Wednesday, June
> >>>> 25, 2008 2:49:27 PM
> >>>> Subject: [CHAT] Smoke gets in my eyes
> >>>>
> >>>> How are our friends
> >>>> in northern California? It is incredibly smoky/hazy
> >>>> here. While we are
> >>>> hundreds of miles from all the fires burning up north
> >>>> we seem to be getting
> >>>> all the smoke. This morning the sun was just a
> >>>> bright red ball on the horizon
> >>>> and visibility now is pretty low. My eyes
> >>>> are definitely bothering me.
> >>>> Had a
> >>>> great weekend in the local mountains, although our horses think
> >>>> they had to
> >>>> work entirely too hard. Came home to some giant zucchini and
> >>>> - hallelujah -
> >>>> green beans ready to pick! Don't know if I'll manage to
> >>>> can anything this
> >>>> year, I may not get enough, but right now there are
> >>>> more than plenty for fresh
> >>>> eating.
> >>>>
> >>>> Cyndi
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> >>> Kemp TX
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